by Craw Toboga » Thu Jun 14, 2018 2:23 pm
The body was wrapped in white canvas. Craw had carried it from the coffin in the ship, and it felt like the heaviest thing. Like the earth was sucking it down to itself, like the grave was hungering for the body. The armor had been stripped off it and was lying neatly back in the coffin.
Craw laid it down on top of the pyre, wet with lighting fluid. Odd. He thought the weight would lessen when he wasn't holding the body anymore. He stood aside and looked at the friends, family and comrades that had arrived. He felt like there should have been words. A speech or something. Something about her. But he found he was empty. There was a gaping wound inside his mind where all those things had poured into. There were no words for the pain, in it's hunger, had swallowed them.
Craw realized just how dusty his shoes had been and then raised his eyes. He gazed at the body, the white canvas it was wrapped in and tried to not imagine her her beneath it. His gaze lingered and then he picked up the torch that laid beside him on the ground, and lit it. The flame that danced on it was small, but it still felt like the most dangerous thing to Craw. He took a step forward, and then another. He felt like a shuffling moron, the way he walked.
The torch touched the edge of the pyre, infecting it with flame. Craw stepped back, looking as the bright flames began licking the body, leaving black marks on the white canvas where they went. He sighed as the flames filled his vision.
"Well. It's done. She's gone now." He said, his voice was weak and raw as he watched the flames slowly do their work.
| Neutral/Working for the Republic | Mandalorian! | Human | Currently: Sober |
Carries with: Commlink and stimpacks [When appropriate: Armor, OK-98 Blaster Carbine and a vibromachete]
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